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7 Funny Things Southerners Say About Cold Weather

Judging the weather based on numerical temperatures is boring. Besides, if it’s 35 or 40 degrees, who can tell the difference? Southerners love a...

Oxford Woman to Represent MS in Miss Plus America Pageant

By Alyssa Schnugg News Editor alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com For several years, Shannon Thweatt fought to learn to love herself again and now she wants to help other women do...

Former Ole Miss Rebel Terence Davis Joins NBA Family

By Collin Rivera Hottytoddy.com intern cmrivera@go.olemiss.edu After rejecting multiple two-way contracts during the NBA Draft, former Ole Miss shooting guard Terence Davis has officially signed his first...

Today Marks Voter Registration Deadline for Primary Elections

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com On August 6, U.S. residents will flock to polling stations in hopes to elect representatives for their respective counties and districts;...

Beth Ann Fennelly: My Noble Prize, Caramelized

Editor's Note: This column was originally published in Deep South magazine. By Beth Ann Fennelly Poet Laureate of Mississippi and UM Professor of English I’ve won...

NTSB Investigator Offers Little New Information on Saturday’s Plane Crash

By Anna Grace Usery Editor-in-Chief anna.grace.usery@hottytoddy.com Air Safety Investigator for the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) Ed Malinowski offered little insight into the cause of Saturday’s...

Mississippi Historian David Sansing Leaves Historical Legacy

David G. Sansing, professor emeritus of history at the University of Mississippi and author of the definitive history of the university, died Saturday (July...

All Mississippi Beaches Now Closed Due to Harmful Algal Bloom

By Talbert Toole Lifestyles Editor talbert.toole@hottytoddy.com All beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are now closed to the public, officials said. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued...

On Religion: Rugby, Religion, Race and Free Speech Wars — Down Under

Rugby fans in Australia were getting used to superstar Israel Folau talking about his evangelical faith. For Rugby Australia officials, the problem was that Folau...

UM History Professor, Author and Historian David Sansing Dies

By Anna Grace Usery Editor-in-Chief anna.grace.usery@hottytoddy.com Longtime Mississippi author, educator and historian, David Sansing, passed away today, July 6. His son, Perry Sansing, confirmed the news. Sansing was born...

Small Plane Crashes at Ole Miss Golf Course

A small plane crash is being investigated that occurred at about 3:15 p.m. at the the Ole Miss Golf Course near the Oxford-University Airport. A...